Jagson launches two new choppers
 
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

India Press Release Distribution

New Delhi - Keeping an eye on tourism in the northeastern states and Himachal Pradesh, domestic carrier Jagson Airlines Wednesday launched two new Mi 172 helicopters.

These 26-passenger capacity copters would help tourists in the northeast and Himachal Pradesh, Jagson’s chief managing director J.P. Gupta told reporters here.

‘Apart from rescue and food dropping operations in difficult terrains, they will fulfil the demands of tourists in several states including those of the northeast.’

He said the airline is mooting a fleet expansion under which it will acquire 19 Airbus aircraft over the next three years. These flights will connect all the metros of the country.

Last week, the carrier started commercial operations from Pondicherry to several South Indian cities.

Difficult to believe Jagson would operate a large fleet as they suggested.

regds

MEL

Exciting? they're not even boring they're worse than that...

they expect to survive with Dorniers or flying dabbas and some A321s which are not even on Airbus news neither am i getting their lease news links

They r gonna be out for sure...

himmat01 wrote:

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Back in 1989-90, Jagson was very keen on buying the 3 A300s with AI. The deal never happened and they ended up with the Dorniers.

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Exactly thats what happens when u have such stupid plans!

They wanted to buy A300s and ended up in Dorniers atleast if they wud have ended up in A320s or B737s it was understood.

Im sure the deal failed because jagsn wanted the A300s at the cost of an Dornier which AI didnt allow

Jagson seems to have dumped Pondy

http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IET20060706013440&Topic=0&Title=Southern%20News%20-%20Tamil%20Nadu&Page=T
Resumption of commercial flights eludes Pondicherry
Thursday July 6 2006 11:56 IST
PONDICHERRY: Even after a fortnight since the inauguration of the flight operations from Pondicherry Airport by Lieutenant Governor M M Lakhera, regular commercial flight operations from Pondicherry Airport to Chennai, Bangalore and Tirupathi sectors are yet to commence.

And no schedule has been drawn up for the operations to begin. Even the aircraft Dornier 228, which was brought for the operations and stationed at Lawspet Airport, was taken back by the flight operators Jagson Airlines.

Personnel of the airport ticket booking counters and travel operators are also not able to give a proper reply on the commencement of regular flights.

People, who looked forward to this facility with great expectations, remain confused over the uncertainty.

It was expected that the commercial flights would start immediately as the government, with which the airline operator had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), had hurried with the inauguration while the model code for the local body elections was under enforcement .

They conducted a grand ceremony, in which the Chief Minister and the Tourism Minister had participated, only to facilitate the operator to begin the operations immediately.

However, the government failed to check all factors required for the operation of flights and the flights could not be resumed till now.

The regular flight operations were delayed initially as the security personnel for maintaining the airport security were not ready. The security men, who have been posted on deputation from the State police, are yet to be given training by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Training Station, Chennai. However, even with the completion of their training earlier in the week and posting in the airport, there is no news about starting the operations.

Now, another bottleneck has come in the way of the flight operations. The flight operators are required to depute only Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) personnel on duty for the aircraft at the various airports, from where they would be operation.

According to sources, the flight operators are not having adequate BCAS- trained personnel for deputing in airports on the route and they need to induct a few more personnel. Till then they would not be given the clearance from the Airports Authority of India to operate.

However, the operators assure that the regular flight operations would commence soon. “In a weeks’s time we should be starting the operations. Already we have short-listed a few personnel, whom we require, and the formalities would be completed in the next few days,” Vinod Kumar, Head, Business Development, Jagson Airlines Limited, told this website’s newspaper.

The aircraft, which was taken away, would be brought back, he said. “As 10-days time was required for the training of security personnel, the aircraft was withdrawn from Pondicherry Airport and used for chartered flights from other places,” he explained.

The regular flight operations were delayed initially as the personnel for maintaining the airport security were not ready.